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Astronaut Alan Bean, Apollo 12’s artistic moonwalker, dies at 86 after sudden illness

Artist-astronaut Alan Bean, the moonwalker who saw himself as different from the rest, died today at the age of 86… Read More

Godspeed, Dick Gordon: Seattle-born Apollo 12 astronaut passes away at 88

The first Seattle-born astronaut to fly in space, Dick Gordon, passed away on Monday at his home in California at… Read More

48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million

The 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was payday for a Chicago-area lawyer who latched onto a moondirt… Read More

Opportunity rover’s roll on Mars eerily echoes Apollo 16’s stroll on the moon

Forty-five years after the astronauts of Apollo 16 rode out on a rover to look over a crater on the… Read More

David Concannon with Apollo rocket engines

Apollo moon rocket engines finally fill a place of honor at Museum of Flight

Almost 50 years after they were fired up, rocket engines that sent NASA’s Apollo crews on the first leg of their… Read More

Pioneer astronaut John Glenn finally laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

Almost four months after his death at the age of 95, the mortal remains of former astronaut and senator John Glenn… Read More

It’s official: Apollo 11 moon ship will land in Seattle in 2019, 50 years after giant leap

The Smithsonian Institution has officially put Seattle’s Museum of Flight on the schedule for an exhibit featuring Apollo 11’s moon… Read More

SpaceX makes its first liftoff from NASA’s historic moon pad – and then lands Falcon 9 booster

SpaceX sent a rocket rising from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A today for the first time since the space shuttle… Read More

Museum of Flight gets intact moon rocket engine to go with beat-up Apollo artifacts

When historic rocket engine parts from the Apollo moon missions go on display in May in Seattle, museumgoers will be… Read More

50 years after Apollo 1 fire, NASA exhibits fatal artifacts in Florida for the first time

Fifty years ago today, three NASA astronauts died in a launch pad fire when they couldn’t open the hatch of… Read More

Last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, leaves behind a dying wish

Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan, the last human to leave footprints on the moon, passed away today – but his family says… Read More

‘You press on’: Buzz Aldrin talks about South Pole medical scare and John Glenn

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin made light of what some might consider a close brush with death during an interview… Read More

Obama orders U.S. flags to fly at half-staff to mark space hero John Glenn’s passing

American flags around the world will be flying at half-staff for the next few days in memory of John Glenn,… Read More

Astronaut-senator John Glenn, first (and oldest) American in orbit, dies at age of 95

Godspeed, John Glenn. The first American to go into orbit, and the first astronaut to become a senator and presidential… Read More

Get an exclusive video tour of the Museum of Flight’s Apollo moon rocket artifacts

It’s been almost a year since Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos unveiled pieces of the Saturn V rocket engines that propelled… Read More

Apollo 11 moon ship may go on tour for 50th anniversary – and stop by Seattle

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is laying the groundwork for a 50th-anniversary traveling exhibit featuring Apollo 11 space hardware,… Read More

Apollo 11 anniversary adds to the appetite for space artifacts – and moon visions

Forty-seven years ago this week, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission put humans on the moon for the first time – and although we don’t currently… Read More

Apollo 10’s moon music mystery revisited

Where did the weird, outer-spacey music that Apollo 10’s astronauts heard on the far side of the moon come from?… Read More

30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies linger

It’s been 30 years since the loss of the shuttle Challenger and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, but its impact is… Read More

Jeff Bezos says next flight test of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship should come ‘very soon’

Even as Jeff Bezos celebrates past achievements in spaceflight, he’s looking forward to seeing his Blue Origin space venture make future achievements.… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Seattle’s Museum of Flight unwrap Apollo moon engine artifacts

Even Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos got misty-eyed at Seattle’s Museum of Flight during today’s unveiling of rocket engine parts from… Read More

Seattle’s Museum of Flight to show off Apollo moon rocket parts recovered by Bezos Expeditions

Experts are wrapping up their conservation work on the decades-old Saturn V rocket engine parts that were recovered from the… Read More